People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.